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The Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context: Project and Research Outputs

Juanita Cox and Clive Foster
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Join us at our upcoming conference: ‘The Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context: Project and Research Outputs'.

The talk by Dr Juanita Cox and Clive Foster MBE will focus on research outputs and the resources which are being made available from the three year AHRC funded project regarding the Windrush Scandal in Britain in the context of UK-Caribbean and Commonwealth transnational relations.

  • From: Thursday 23 May 2024, 5.30 pm
  • To: Thursday 23 May 2024, 7 pm
  • Location: Bowden Room, Newton Building, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 4BU
  • Booking deadline: Wednesday 22 May 2024, 5.00 pm
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Event details

The three year AHRC funded project (ending June 2024), provides a unique study of the Windrush Scandal in Britain in the context of UK-Caribbean and Commonwealth transnational relations.

The talk by Dr Juanita Cox will focus on research outputs and the resources which are being made available for use by academics, students producing undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations, secondary school teachers and interested parties outside of the academy. This will include an overview of the project’s website, where audio excerpts from sixty major oral history interviews of one-to-four hours in length, are being made available alongside podcasts, and other educational material.

The talk will also speak to some of project’s findings based on interviews with respondents from a wide range of backgrounds including: survivors of the scandal and their advocates e.g., church elders, lawyers, journalists, MPs, councillors, diplomats, community leaders, campaigners and activists; Home Office officials; Caribbean NGOs, academics and museum workers. Dr Cox hopes in doing so to offer a glimpse into the complex story of the Windrush Scandal from its long historical perspective.

Event timings

Arrival: 17:00 - 17:30

Introductions: 17:30 - 17:35

Dr Juanita Cox talk 17:35 - 18:20

Words from Clive Foster MB: 18:20 - 18:30

Open Q&A: 18:30 - 19:00

About the speakers:

Juanita Cox

Juanita Cox gained her PhD in 2013 from the Department of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham, and is a winner of the prestigious RE Bradbury Memorial Prize. She is currently working at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) on a three-year, AHRC-funded project, The Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context. Cox has a keen interest in oral history as a research methodology working with Caribbean communities. She is a trustee on the board of the Oral History Society (OHS), the convenor of their Migration Special Interest Group (SIG) and a member of the OHS’s In Dialogue steering committee. She is currently the leading authority on the life and work of the Guyanese novelist, Edgar Mittelholzer (1909-1965) and is editor of the compendium, Creole Chips and Other Writing (2018). Other publications include 'Buried in the Landscape: Edgar Mittelholzer's Creative Gene(sis)/Geni(us), and Revolting Subtexts' in Aje, L., Lacroix, T. and Misrahi-Barak, J. (eds) Re-imagining the Guyanas (2019). Future plans include a jointly-authored monograph on The Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth context.

Clive Foster MBE

Clive Foster MBE – is the Executive Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Dean for Nottingham Trent University and Senior Minister of the Pilgrim Church, Nottingham. He is an experienced Equality and Diversity Consultant and brings over 20 years of leadership and organising experience across multiple sectors such as community, public sector and business. Clive’s passion is around social justice causes such as racial inequality and is founder of member of the Nottingham Windrush Support Forum.

He is an advisor to the UK government on race disparity issues and supporting communities affected by the Windrush Scandal. Clive received the Home Secretary Commendation Award in August 2022 for ‘outstanding contribution in the field of home affairs’ from the then Home Secretary Rt Hon Priti Patel. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his commitment to helping victims of the Windrush Scandal in the New Years Honours List 2023. He has been featured in many publications and new media outlets for his outstanding work in supporting victims of the Windrush scandal. He has written for both print and digital media publications on issues of race, faith and community. He is also Vice Chair of the Windrush National Organisation which seeks to advocate for those affected by the Windrush scandal both in the UK and abroad.

A formers trustee of Citizens UK he has served on the Nottingham branch leadership team of Citizens UK and as a lead commissioner of one the largest piece of research done on hate crime which led to Nottingham being the first city to implement misogyny as a hate crime which led to him being awarded the Upstanding Organisation Award by the No2Hate National Awards in 2018. In October 2023 he was awarded the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire Community Award in recognition of valuable services to enhancing the life of the county and community. He was recently the co-chair of the Place Based Partnership Race Health Inequalities group which authored produced the ‘Local routes to Change’ report in February 2024.

Clive is the multi-faith manager working with diverse faith communities as part his work and the Executive Dean for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion at Nottingham Trent University.

Location details

Room/Building:

Bowden Room, Newton Building

Address:

Goldsmith Street
 Nottingham
 Nottinghamshire
 NG1 4BU
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